1. name a song that involves food in some way.
I like to eat, eat, eat Apples and Bananas! (can you tell I have a 2 year old!?)
2. what criteria do you use when choosing a new cookbook to buy?
It has to have some goddamn photos. I’ve let perfectly good cookbooks fester because of bad layout, bad quality paper or no photos (Vegan Mediterranean Kitchen comes to mind – checked it out of the library and never used it because I couldn’t get beyond this issue).
I’ve been more interested in buying really great, test of time cookbooks to veganize lately (just checked out The Gift of Southern Cooking). If it’s a vegan cookbook, then there better be some major innovation or something specific I want to learn – like specific cuisines, etc.
3. what did you eat today?
Homemade biscuits and jam for breakfast, then Burgerville for lunch – this is what happens when we are with the In-Laws. We're going to scare up some good vegan yummies for dinner in portland before the wedding - probably at Proper Eats.
4. name a vegan food that you know exists but you have never tried.
I have soy curls in my cupboard that I’ve never used. I’ve also never tried cheezly or sheese.
5. the Food Network just called and needs you to start your new show tomorrow. what will the title of the show be?
Vegan Comforts – veganizing everything your grandma used to make! Yum.
6. favorite hot sauce or other spicy condiment?
I like anything with chipotle flavor, so Chipotle Tabasco or some kind of homemade chipotle mayo (YUM!)
7. how old were you when you became vegetarian/vegan?
I went vegetarian for the first time around age 13 or 14, then vegan for a while at age 17-19 (dorm living made vegan reallllly hard for me and no vegan friends made it harder). Back to veg for ages 19-27, fell off the veg wagon during pregnancy around month 4, back to veg 5 months post-partum, vegan again at 29, or February of 2008. I’ve been all over really. I am almost certain that were I to get pregnant again I could remain vegan. I just wasn’t finding the information I needed and my providers, though not unsupportive, were not particularly helpful either.
8. favorite vegan cheeze?
I’m still waiting to find a great commercial vegan cheese, they all just creep me out a little. Right now I’m in love with the VegNews cheesy sauce for their veganized mac and cheese.
9. cutest baby animal?
sea otters!
10. favorite type of jam/jelly/marmalade/preserves?
apricot
11. do you take any vitamins/supplements?
yeah, at the direction of my naturopath and some pretty detailed blood work I take 10,000 units of vitamin D a day (for 3 months, then down to 2-5,000/day), evening primrose oil (protects against breast cancer - my mom's had it twice), iron+B12 supplement, vegan DHA, and a vegan multiple.
12. what food/dish most embodies the Fall season?
Hot apple cider and vegan pumpkin donuts!
13. what food would you have a hard time living without?
I guess it would realllly suck to have nut allergies – I would hate to live without almond milk, peanut butter, cashew cheese, pine nut cream sauce, etc.
14. coffee, tea, or hot chocolate?
Ohgoodlord, give me coffee.
15. it's 10PM and you're starving. what do you eat?
Probably some organic but still not good for me commercial cookies like newman ginger-os or trader joe’s joe joes. Or there’s always the chocolate coconut ice cream calling my name…
16. if you have an animal companion, what is his/her favorite food?
no more kitty. But she loved the tuna. And human earwax. Go figure.
17. worst injury you've gotten in the kitchen?
probably a burn, but nothing really ever very serious.
18. when you have a food-related question, who do you call?
Depends on the question. If it’s vegan related, I usually go to the internets, either MDC Vegetarian and Vegan Living Forum or The PPK forums. I’m trained as a librarian, so I’m also all about doing the research myself.
19. summer is ending- what food will you miss most?
Raspberries! Tomatoes! God, it felt like here in the PNW we never really had that glut of tomatoes that I usually associate with summer. Blueberries, too.
20. what snacks do you keep in your purse/backpack/desk at work?
Larabars, fruit leather, Tofurkey Jerky, granola bars (these also double as Silas Snacks)
21. favorite soup to make on a rainy day?
I’m a big fan of mushroom barley, UnChicken Noodle, or Split Pea.
22. what's your favorite combination of fresh vegetable and/or fruit juices?
Carrot Ginger is always zingy!
23. favorite brand of root beer?
Hmmm, Thomas Kemper? I also love when brew pubs brew their own!
24. make you your own question: What’s your favorite vegan breakfast, whether you make it or not?
I LOOOOVE biscuits and gravy. I think I could eat vegan sausage gravy every dang day!
So, go on! MEME IT UP!
6 comments:
Hi Chessa- Love reading what you have been making. Make me realize how much I miss you. I made tempeh mini loaves for dinner tonight--thanks for the recipe. Micah loved them and so did I--Nolan wouldn't even try time:(:( Miss you all. Love, Brooke
hooooooooooray for the fun survey! man, i forgot about raspberries. i'm going to miss them, too. sadface! vegan pumpkin donuts?! oh my gosh - i've never had a donut be'n vegan - and i think i would totally hold out and wait until i could get my hands on a vegan pumpkin donuts to try one. that sounds like just about the best thing ever!
i wonder why kitties like earwax. they're so gross! and baby otters are so damn cute! hooray for cuteness!
That was one of the cutest pictures I've ever seen!!! : )
biscuits and gravy. I second that!
If you're in the mood for another survey type post, let us see your freezer ;-). I'm tagging you for the "what's in your (vegan) freezer poll". . my freezer is a disorganized mess.
Brooke - just got off the phone with you. Miss you too! Silas isn't into anything tempeh related lately either. Meanies. ;)
jessy - hoooray indeed! yeah, we are sooooo lucky to have mighty-o donuts here. So good! And your bats were sooo cute too!
melinda - baby otters are the best!
bethany - I just photographed my freezer for your challenge. I will undertake it tonight or tomorrow at naptime. I have one of those weird bottom freezers, so it's going to be extra strange I think.
I love bottom freezers! I have always wanted one. that way I could really focus on the part of the fridge I love most, the fridge part. I've only had side by sides and top freezers.
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